Kevin (Probably) Saves the World (2017) s01e07 Episode Script
Dave
1 Previously on "Kevin (Probably) Saves the World" - I'm a messenger from God.
- Oh, good.
I'm here to guide and protect you.
- Who are you talking to? - She can't see me.
In every generation, there are 36 righteous souls.
The only job you have in life for the foreseeable future is to build up your spiritual powers through acts of kindness and selflessness.
After you've done so, God is gonna show you how to find the other Righteous.
We have to find out where this is.
That's where you'll find the next righteous person.
You've been here this whole time? No, I've been in conference with my colleagues.
They're not really feeling the mission anymore.
We still have a job to do.
Mom! How'd you do that? I Sorr What are you talking about? KEVIN: It all started when I saw the butterflies.
And then I wound up in some lake.
After that came the red masks, and there was mariachi music, too.
Still don't know how that fits in.
One by one, the universe gave us clues Clues that will lead us to our first righteous soul.
- Nice work, right? - Mm.
What? You don't like it? Well, all you did was take the photos and pin them up with yarn.
Y [SIGHS.]
No, this is a murder board.
[SCOFFS.]
What's a murder board? It's what detectives on TV use to to solve crimes and nail perps.
Have you never seen a cop show? I don't watch television.
That mm.
Well, that is just gross.
We have all the pieces.
We just need to see how they all connect.
I can guarantee you they're not connected by yarn, so Okay I know they're not connected by yarn.
The yarn is a metaphoric connection.
Do you know because you are connecting - Sweet murder board.
- Aah! Yvette.
Still as pretty as a damn picture.
Get in here.
[SNIFFS.]
[SNIFFS.]
You got a jumpy one on your hands, huh? So sorry about this, buddy.
I mean, this is a work of art.
Solid yarn work.
Dave, what are you doing here? Dave? You know him? He's one of you?! Oh, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Big time.
Th-That's That's why I'm here.
I want to join Team Kevin.
- Join? I-I-I don't know - Great! What? It would be nice if we got some fresh eyes on this stuff.
And I like the idea of having my own team.
- Team Kevin forever, right? - [LAUGHS.]
Excuse me.
Quick sidebar.
Well, I want in.
I mean - Okay, we're just gonna - we are Team Kevin, after all.
Where are we? Italia.
Si pravi bellissimo, no? Get those stupid-ass sunglasses off your stupid-ass face.
I have been working nonstop while you've been chilling in Italy? And now you want back in just like that.
You quit on me.
I know.
I was frustrated.
I had to clear my head, so I wandered around.
And after some exposure to Earth [SIGHS.]
I've come to a conclusion.
And what's that? I love it here.
Oh, my Gosh, the scenery, the food, the people.
Yvette, we have to save this place.
I don't know.
Kevin's finally hitting his stride, and adding a new voice to the mix Will only make the harmony sweeter.
Hear me out.
What if I sign on for the short term Just until Kevin anoints the next Righteous? Look, you and I both know that success breeds success.
If we can help Kevin, I'm sure we can get the others to join us.
Can't have a Team Kevin meeting without the Team Kevin capt What the hell? Kevin.
[CLEARS THROAT.]
David will be helping us out for the time being.
I'm gonna help you so hard it's almost gonna become unhelpful.
Ah, that's fantastic.
That is wonderful.
So what are the chances of the universe Granting me the strength of a thousand men? Slim to none.
Okay, because I was coming downstairs, and I just barely grabbed the railing and That! That happened! Super strength.
What if The universe wanted you to go to the hardware store? Renovation blowout.
I love a blowout.
"Save on replacement parts for "stairs, railings, cabinets.
" Pretty obvious, man.
The universe thinks your sister's house is a trash heap.
We got to spruce this place up.
Or we need to go to the hardware store and see what else the universe has to say.
Really? 'Cause this backsplash is painful.
Okay, so you have Reese, a 101-pound girl.
She's on a catwalk 15 1/2 feet in the air.
When she falls, it takes her a hair under a second to hit the ground.
Kevin is 10 to 15 feet away.
The speed at which it would take Kevin to - get into position to catch the salt.
.
- Wait.
Kevin's the pepper, right? It's just from where I was standing, it looked like she was floating.
She was just hanging there, waiting for him to catch her.
It was only for a second, but [SIGHS.]
I don't think I'll ever understand what happened.
Maybe it's ketchup.
Uh, sorry, I-I couldn't help but overhear your dilemma.
Interesting stuff.
Ignacio DePerro, Amy Cabrera.
Iggy's a professor of theology.
What if your salt fell and the pepper was too far away and there was just no way it could make the save, so salt floats because ketchup? Uh, can you explain that? [CHUCKLES.]
No.
No one can.
Yeah.
'Cause ketchup is the unexplained.
Ketchup is wormholes.
Ketchup is meridian lines.
Ketchup is miracles.
Oh.
Okay.
I sound insane to you.
Yeah, a little.
[CHUCKLES.]
I've got to get to class.
It was nice to meet you, Iggy.
I'll see you.
Pass the ketchup.
Stop.
Nail gun.
The universe wants me to buy a nail gun? No.
I do.
Why hammer when you can bust a nail all up in that wood? You make sense.
Go on.
This man has the attention span of a labradoodle.
If you want to help him, help him focus.
She's not wrong.
MAN: Can I get a manager at register six? Manager at register six.
You have other things to take care of real things.
You have made it very clear that that's how you feel.
That's why I said you didn't have to come.
[CART THUDS.]
Kevin? Hey! [CHUCKLES.]
Hey, Mrs.
Allen.
[CHUCKLES.]
Kevin.
It's been a long time.
How are you? I'm well.
Uh, I am good, too, also, as well.
[CHUCKLES.]
You ladies buying some hardware? Yes, Kevin, I am renovating my home.
Oh.
That's exciting.
You know what, I actually I have to make a call.
So, uh - I'll talk to you later, Kevin, okay? - Okay.
I'll be in the car.
Well, back to shopping, I guess.
It was nice to Railings.
That's just what I was looking for.
[INHALES SHARPLY.]
A lot to choose from railings-wise.
[CHUCKLES.]
Oh, actually, here is my guy.
Oh.
Wow, what are the odds? We're looking for the same thing, and it's the last one.
You Are you, uh You fixing your stairs, too? Yes, new railing, new cabinets I'm giving the place a facelift.
I have a bunch of things on my to-do list.
Here you go.
[GRUNTS.]
You don't have to do that.
No, no, no, no.
I actually I do.
Um That That's okay.
Tell me Do you need any help with your to-do list? [NAIL GUN FIRES.]
What was that? DAVE: Kevin! Nail gun! Kevin! Kevin! Um, you said cabinets, and they're over there.
That's just what I was re I was going Just a little hint.
[CHUCKLES.]
That way.
[KNOCK ON DOOR.]
I don't know why you're doing this.
You know this lady hates you, right? Yeah, I'm I am well aware.
Thank you.
He's doing this because it's what the universe wants.
And who are we to ask? But why does she hate you? Is it because of Kristin? She's had it in for me since she was my English teacher.
I mean, dating her daughter didn't help.
- Bingo.
- But - Hi.
- Kevin? What are you doing here? I'm ready to help with your renovations, as as promised.
[CHUCKLES.]
Well, I only agreed to your offer because I didn't believe you'd actually come.
Uh, right.
Well, I am here, and I'm I'm ready to help.
And I don't see any other volunteers.
Thank you.
Oh! Wow.
I-I can't remember the last time I was in this house.
August 12, 1999.
You snuck in and spent the night with Kristin before you went off to college.
That That does ring a bell.
So, why are you really here, Kevin? I hope it's not to win me over, because that ship has sailed.
Ms.
Allen, I don't know if you know this, but Kristin and I hashed our stuff out.
You really have no idea, do you? - Well, I just - 1997.
You vandalized my entire front lawn Windows soaked, toilet paper in the trees, the lawn graffiti! - Uh, that wa That wasn't me.
- Oh, please.
I have it on good authority that it was you.
Who's your good authority? Edward Goodwin.
Well, uh I have breaking news for you.
Eddie Goodwin is the one who trashed your lawn.
[CHUCKLES.]
- Mm-hmm.
- Impossible.
Edward was my best student.
No, Edward was a humongous kiss-ass, but everyone in the school knew he did it.
I mean, he He wouldn't shut up about it.
Ed drove by as I was cleaning up.
They always return to the scene of the crime Serial killers, arsonists Sophomores.
Oh, that duplicitous little worm.
- Mm-hmm.
- I am so sorry, Kevin.
Oh let's just get past it.
Uh, so, where do you want to start? Shall we do stairs or the cabinets? - What do you want? - Th-The cabinets.
Okay.
[GROANS.]
Was Susan always this? Icy? - Mm.
- Rigid? Uptight? Uh, no, she has actually mellowed over time.
- Oof.
- Yeah, it was worse.
But it's gonna be good now, because we've cleared the air, and now Susan will realize how lovable I am.
You just want her to like you so you can get some brownie points with her daughter.
Well, I have no control over that.
Nate's car.
Oh, no! It's game night! Before you say anything, I'm sorry, okay? Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.
- About what? - About not bringing snacks to game night.
[SIGHS.]
Since when do you bring food home? Well, I don't, and I've decided to start apologizing about it.
- Okay.
Well - I'm not proud of it.
Yeah, no.
But don't worry about it.
And you know what? Don't even worry about game night, - because we can play without you.
- Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
I'm definitely in for game night.
Um I just need to check on the kitchen.
And see if there are drinks in there For me to drink.
Why did you try to talk him out of playing? [CHUCKLES.]
Wait for it.
Huh? How awesome is this? You [WHISPERING.]
You fixed everything.
Ah, just trying to earn my keep here on Team Kevin.
We're not genies, Dave.
Fixing his mess is not our job.
Huh.
Well, that's odd.
I thought our job was to help Kevin.
This is helping.
I mean, he's got enough on his plate without having to fix a bunch of stuff the universe broke.
That is a great point.
Thank you.
That's a good point.
It's a fair point.
Ooh! REESE: Leg three.
- Really? - Yes.
- [IMITATES CLOCK TICKING.]
- Leg three.
Okay, it doesn't have to be a human leg.
- It could be like a leg - Whoa, whoa, excuse me.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
One word.
One number.
No extra info.
Oh, hey, everyone.
Board Game Kevin showed up.
I was wondering when he'd get here.
Hey, look, I don't mind if she gives another clue.
- We're just having fun.
- Thank you.
Oh, no, no, teammate.
Fun is playing correctly.
You can't just throw out all of the rules to make up for giving a terrible clue.
- Ooh! - Okay, now do you see what I mean? This is why he's the worst to play board games with.
Oh, it is awesome playing games with me because I actually remember the rules.
Okay, well, maybe my memory is shot because I am so busy because I'm a single mother trying to raise a teenager and a toddler.
- Oh, I - Hey, man, take it easy on your sister.
It's not her fault she stinks at all games.
- What?! - Ooh! - Both of you! - [LAUGHING.]
What?! [LAUGHS.]
Look, it's your turn.
- Okay, no, it's her turn.
- Now, stop giving all the clues, okay? - You're trying to distract us.
- I'm not distracting anybody.
I'm just having a good time.
SUSAN: Okay, hold it steady.
[LAUGHS.]
You are like a pro.
Kristin's father was useless with tools.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE.]
- Okay, keep pressure on - it until the glue sets.
- [DOOR OPENS.]
Oh.
Hi, sweetie.
- Kevin.
- Hey.
Uh, what are you What are you doing here? Just, uh, helping your mom with some projects.
We, uh We fixed the kitchen cabinets.
You want to see? No, I'm good.
Could you actually just give us a minute? Don't move.
The glue needs 15 minutes to set.
Anything you want to say, you can say in front of Kevin.
So, you told him? [SIGHS.]
I have cancer Pancreatic.
Oh, God, I'm so sorry.
No, don't be sorry.
Just help me finish this house.
I've got a good 8 to 14 months to whip it into shape for Kristin.
I don't want this house, though.
I want you.
So if you want to give me something, just go back into treatment.
The thought of one more doctor's visit The needles, the The being hooked up to machines, the vomiting into plastic bins for what, sweetie? [STAMMERS.]
Uh Another few months of misery? I'm starting on the tile.
Don't move a muscle.
Okay.
Kristin, I am so sorry.
So, my mom's your new project? - Well, I was just trying to help.
- You want to help? Get her to go back into treatment.
[SIGHS.]
I-I'm confused, guys.
Does the universe really want me to make Susan go back into treatment? Absolutely not.
You can't force someone to fight for their life.
Okay, they have to want it.
Are those the rules? Free will is the greatest gift to humans.
Susan's made a choice.
You have to respect it.
So, what, then? Maybe you get Susan and Kristin to reconcile before she passes.
I'm sorry.
I respectfully disagree with my distinguished colleague.
- [ENGINE STARTS.]
- You have a pitch? Well, yes.
Susan only has a limited amount of time on Earth.
I think it's our boy's job to get this lady to savor the life she has left, you know, really just suck the juice out of the marrow, seek out some thrills.
Let me get this straight.
You want him to take a fragile woman of ill health, and what? Talk her into skydiving? Running with the bulls? [SCOFFS.]
Anything that puts an exclamation point on her final sentence.
That is a beautiful sentiment.
And, uh, I'm not doing any of that with a cancer person.
[ENGINE REVVING.]
Uh, gas pedal's stuck.
- Did one of you do this? - Guilty.
Brake! Brake, brake, brake, brake, brake, brake! I'm not comfortable with this.
Yeah, I can see why most people would be worried by it, but, uh, why you, Kevin? - [GRUNTS.]
- [TIRES SCREECH.]
Death! Mechanized death! - [HORN BLARING.]
- Maybe! Today's lesson is math.
Simple equation Fear minus death equals? What? - Thrills.
- Okay.
Thrills, Kevin.
Fear minus death equals thrills.
Now, you know Yvette's never gonna let anything happen to you, so why aren't you enjoying that? I-I-I don't know.
I never thought of that.
Um Then let go of the wheel.
Okay, I let go.
I let go.
Now for the fun part.
Yvette, if you please.
Ohh! - [HORNS BLARING.]
- Oh, yes! Oh! Oh! Oh! Yes! [LAUGHS.]
Oh, wow! Wow! [SIGHS.]
[LAUGHS.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY, CHUCKLING.]
I want to go again.
Do you understand now? Kevin, you and Susan are two very different people - with one thing in common.
- You both care deeply about Kristin.
Neither of you need to worry about the future.
Kevin, thanks to us, your survival is a certainty, just like Susan's death.
And that feeling that you feel right now, huh? - That exhilaration? - Yeah.
Don't you think that Susan deserves to catch a whiff of that while she still can? Whoa.
Coconut water, Nate? Jazzing things up today a little bit, Amber.
Ooh.
Yep.
[REGISTER BEEPING.]
Mm-hmm.
Hmm.
Take one of you.
[HUMMING.]
Hi, Nate.
[CHUCKLES.]
Kevin.
Thank you.
[SIGHS.]
AMBER: Okay.
Oh.
That's quite a snack you got there.
Thanks.
Oh, also, can I get two hot dogs and 16 scratchers, please? - Okay.
- Thank you.
What you got, a banana? That's cute.
- [LAUGHS.]
- Just trying to eat healthy.
Ohh, not me.
I am eating like nobody's watching.
- How you feeling, Kevin? - Hmm, that's a good question.
In a word, I would say, "Whoo!" [HIGH-PITCHED RINGING.]
Keep blowing.
Keep blowing.
Okay, stop.
- [SIGHS.]
- You're not drunk.
No, man.
You ever have a moment when your eyes are just Opened as wide as possible to the ways of the world? What were your eyes opened to? The math of life.
Fear divided by death equals Wait, that's not it.
Uh Okay, we just need to stop wasting time and grab life by its stones, Nate.
Just grab it and squeeze and twist and just see what comes out.
Okay, that's a terrible analogy.
And good luck.
Well, I'm not just talking about myself.
When are you gonna ask Amy out? - What? - Hmm? We're just friends, Kevin.
That's all.
That is not all.
There is so much more there, - and it goes both ways, too.
- No! You think so? Grab, squeeze, and twist, Nate.
Come on, there has to be something that you've always wanted to do - but told yourself you shouldn't.
- Not that - It doesn't even have to be that crazy.
- Not that I can think of.
Honestly, I-I've never been a bucket-list kind of person.
It's so cliché.
It's lame.
Think about this When everything is said and done and you look back, what's one thing where you can smile and say, "I gots mine"? You know? Uh I guess there is something.
Tell me.
Susan Allen, what is it that you want? Vengeance.
[MOTORHEAD'S "ACE OF SPADES" PLAYS.]
Ha! Ohh! [LAUGHS.]
I cannot believe you just did that.
If you like to gamble I'll tell you I'm your man You win some, lose some It's all the same to me I don't share your greed The only card I need is the Ace of Spades The Ace of Spades Tell me again how this is building up the power of your soul.
Good Lord.
Don't be such a square.
This is what Susan wanted.
Besides, it's fun.
Fun can build the soul, right? What do you think? Ohh! You're an artist.
[BOTH LAUGH.]
Oh, thank you so much for this, Kevin.
Oh, that's okay.
No, no.
Until very recently, my life had become Not great.
You helped me let go of all that just for these few minutes.
And I had no idea how badly I needed this until now.
[CHUCKLES.]
You've really made a big difference in my life.
I wanted to make sure you knew that.
I am really glad to hear that.
That is how you build a soul.
[SIGHS.]
- [CHUCKLES.]
- Suck it, Eddie Goodwin! [MUSIC RESUMES.]
- [SCREAMS, LAUGHS.]
- What the hell?! I gots mine! [LAUGHS.]
Is that a penis? Yeah! Yeah, it is! [LAUGHING.]
- Uh, we need to get out of here.
- No.
[LAUGHING CONTINUES.]
- We got to go.
- I'm too tired to run.
Oh, my God.
Okay, leave this to me.
[SQUEALS.]
Professor? No extensions, and no extra credit.
Oh.
[CHUCKLES.]
- Hi.
- I, uh Brought you something.
It's about the intersection of miracles and science.
I'm sorry, but I'm not really interested in, you know, crackpot theories.
Oh.
Uh, it's my book.
I wrote it.
Oh.
Uh, well, books are They're treasures.
I'm just messing with you.
- [LAUGHS.]
- I No, but, the, uh The actual author's quite good, and it cites more than a few cases that mirror your own experience.
Well, my experience wasn't a miracle.
Well, how do you truly know? Because miracles aren't a thing.
They're just events that science hasn't explained yet.
Well, I mean, that's the beauty of a miracle.
It's not about religion.
It's about mystery.
Oh, I hate that.
No, that's literally why I became a scientist.
Okay, so let's do some science, then.
Take me back to where it happened.
We'll take measurements, test every logical explanation, - and if we can't find one - We'll find an example of something that science hasn't explained yet.
Or you'll have begun your slide into the realm of crackpots.
- Not a chance.
- [LAUGHS.]
Okay, but you're on.
I hope you order a grilled cheese better than you play Codenames.
Wait till next time.
We'll switch partners.
I'll take Kevin, and you can take Mom.
Thank you.
I had a really good time with you guys the other night.
Yeah, me, too.
Well, I had such a good time that I started wondering how you would feel if I asked your mother out On a on a date.
Oh.
I know that this is probably a really big step for both of you, and I would never do anything if it made you uncomfortable, so, I don't know, what do you think? So no.
- No? - No.
Thank you.
Oh.
Okay.
Hmm, what I wouldn't give to see Eddie Goodwin's face right about now.
- [LAUGHS.]
- The little bitch.
- [LAUGHS.]
- Susan, you have a terrifying dark side, and I like it.
[LAUGHS.]
Score one for Team Kevin.
High five.
Ahh.
Come on.
Don't leave me hanging.
If we were done here, Kevin would have had a vision.
And there's been no vision yet, [SHOUTING.]
Has there, Kevin? She's right.
We got to turn this party up a notch.
Hook this lady up to some bungee.
[DOOR OPENS.]
What the hell are you doing? Mm! Day drinking with your high-school sweetheart.
Why don't you join us? Did you trash Ed Goodwin's house last night? What? No.
Of course not.
Oh, well, that's that's That's really funny because Ed recently installed a security camera on his front step.
What do you have to say now? Oh my God.
Susan, how could you? Y Eddie Goodwin is a villain and a vandal.
Ed is a respected member of the community, and you burned a penis into his lawn.
He burned boobs into my front lawn.
His kids are in my class.
Boobs! He was gonna call the cops.
I had to tell him you were dying - and hopped up on pain meds.
- Ooh, you played the cancer card.
- Nice! [LAUGHS.]
- Great.
'Kay, you know what? Just Just forget it.
Enjoy your happy hour.
Honey Hey.
Kristin, your mom just wants to live the last year of her life the way she wants to live it, okay? Oh, so she's spending it running around, acting like an idiot with you? Isn't that her choice? - She's my best friend.
- No, I know.
When my dad ran off, she didn't miss a beat.
She She just sacrificed her entire life for us Working for us and and And fighting for us to have the same thing that every other kid had, and what? I don't get to fight for her? I don't What? I'm supposed to just, what? Let her fade away? No, no, no, but you're wasting time Yours and your mom's.
- You need to realize that she - Don't! Don't! [VOICE BREAKING.]
Please don't help me.
Go back outside and enjoy the party, okay? I got to go clean up her mess.
I [SIGHS.]
[DOOR SLAMS.]
You're bumming me out, man.
I could snap my fingers and clean up Eddie Goodwin's lawn myself, and you could go back to what you're supposed to be doing, which is not yard work.
This isn't about yard work, okay? I guess I just got so caught up in helping Susan I totally lost sight of what I might be putting Kristin through.
I agree, Kevin.
So happy with yourself.
KEVIN: Hey, Nate.
Uh, Amy is not home.
Not here to talk to Amy.
I'm here for you.
Dude, you set me up.
Wait, did Amy turn you down? No, I didn't ask her.
- I talked to Reese.
- [SCOFFS.]
- Why would you talk to Reese? - I couldn't just ask Amy out.
I had to make sure Reese was okay with it.
Oh, my God! You are such a nice guy.
[SCOFFS.]
Seriously.
You would be, like, the perfect boyfriend.
- I don't know why I listen to you.
- No, I Because, look, I-I'll talk to Reese, okay? Because there's got to be another explanation.
You doing some landscaping? Nope.
[SIGHS.]
[VEHICLE APPROACHING.]
[ENGINE TURNS OFF.]
Hey.
Hey, you don't have to do this.
I've got a-a ladder.
Let me help.
Yeah, yeah.
No, thank you 'Cause I've already seen what your help looks like, so Uh Oh, there's Eddie.
Hey, Eddie.
Just gonna stand there and watch us.
That's cool.
Are you sure you don't want some help? I mean, some of it's pretty high up.
I think that is the last of it.
I wish you'd told me your mom was sick.
Why? Well because, I don't know, that It's a lot to deal with by yourself.
[INHALES THROUGH TEETH.]
Yeah, uh, I-I guess I-I-I just thought that I would convince her to go back into treatment.
And, uh Talking about it just kind of makes everything seem inevitable.
Plus, I didn't know how long you'd be sticking around, so Yeah, uh That makes sense.
Look, I know that I seem really selfish, and, um and I-I You know, I understand why she wants to stop, because the chemo, like, it really it's [VOICE BREAKING.]
It is worse than the illness.
And it was never gonna be a cure, you know? It was just, uh It was just a delay.
But, yeah, um You know, more I just More than that, I want her to be happy.
So, you know.
Could I Could I see that security video again? - Uh - Just Sure.
Yeah.
[CHUCKLES.]
- I mean, she looks pretty happy to me.
- [LAUGHS.]
Yeah, she does.
[BOTH LAUGH.]
[DOOR CLOSES.]
Is there enough for two? - I'm not up for a fight today.
- Me, neither.
Thank you.
I'm sorry if I embarrassed you.
Actually, uh You impressed me.
The way you took out Eddie's mailbox [EXHALES SHARPLY.]
You got a beautiful swing.
[CHUCKLES.]
It's all in the hips.
[LAUGHS.]
You know, I, um I always thought you could take that wall out, just open this room up.
Yeah, you're right.
Better flow.
And if the sun starts setting, the sky won't fall Even if the clouds get heavy and start to fall I really need somebody to call my own I wanna be somebody to someone Someone to you [BOTH LAUGH.]
Someone to you Wait, that wasn't a load-bearing wall, was it? Your problem.
Not mine.
Someone to you Someone to you [INSECTS CHIRPING.]
[MUSIC PLAYING THROUGH HEADPHONES.]
[KEYBOARD CLACKING.]
Hey.
Hey.
How are you? Fine.
Cool.
Um Did you Want something? No.
You know, I-I [SIGHS.]
I was just thinking about It's probably really weird for you to think about your mom having, like, a personal life.
Feelings and wanting to date.
[CHUCKLES.]
Nate talked to you.
I thought that you liked him.
I do like him.
He's cool.
It's her.
She's not ready.
She'd wreck it.
I See, I don't I don't know if that's true, Reese.
You know her, Kevin.
Can you imagine her dating anybody? She'd just, like, talk the whole time and say stupid stuff.
She can't help it.
Wow, you might be right, actually.
[CHUCKLES.]
I am right.
So, you're, like, pretty smart, aren't you? Shut up.
Because, I mean, I look at you, and you seem dumb, like, really not intelligent.
Just, like, there's nothing going on.
Just a vacant stare, but actually, deep down somewhere, there's, like, some thoughts being rubbed togeth Okay.
Have a good night.
Dave suggested I take Susan streaking, but - [SCOFFS.]
- No way.
- No normal person wants to do that.
- I know! And I just don't have the cardio in me - to do that kind of running.
- Kevin Huh? Oh, hi.
Is, uh Wait, S Sean! It's, uh It's Kevin Finn.
I-I, um I was actually looking for your mom.
Hey, Kevin.
I'm sorry.
Mom passed away last night.
I I thought She said she could have more than a year.
I know.
It was in her sleep.
You know, peaceful.
Kristin's here.
Why don't you come inside? Um No.
Uh no.
Than Thank you.
No, I don't want to intrude.
Um I'm so sorry, Sean.
Yeah.
0.
79 seconds.
Does the health department know how you're using - their first-aid dummy? - [CHUCKLES.]
Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, hold on.
Hold on.
Don't come down.
I-I want to just measure your distance.
Close your eyes 'cause it's a laser.
[BEEP.]
So, what do you hope to get from all these measurements? - [DEVICE BEEPS.]
- Insight.
Yeah, but you lose possibility.
As long as you don't know, anything's possible.
Can I open my eyes? No.
- What, are you messing with me? - [LAUGHS.]
Yes.
Well, if it makes you feel any better, I-I don't think there's anything that'll ever explain what happened.
Good! Great! Now that's an interesting world to live in.
No, not great.
Annoying.
Frustrating.
Look at you.
You're energized.
You're You're motivated.
Why? Because not knowing isn't comforting, but it's exciting.
Like going up a roller coaster or standing in front of a smart Intriguing engineering professor, wanting to ask her out, but not really knowing how she'd respond.
It's all neck chills and stomach butterflies.
Yes.
What? Well, um Not to remove any possibilities, but, um, if you were to ask me out, I would I would say "Yes.
" Your boss Is a jerk.
A lovely and decent woman dies, leaving another wonderful woman devastated.
[SCOFFS.]
You're preaching to the choir.
All I want is Is an explanation, okay? I don't think that that is too much to ask for.
Yeah, I wish I could give you one.
But I have my theory.
I think, uh, God just wants all of us to stay occupied.
"Stay occupied"? Sure.
You know, I mean, the busier we are doing stuff, the less questions we ask.
"Why are we here?" "What are God's plans?" You know, in the short time that I've been in this place, I've, uh I've realized something.
I don't think there is a plan.
[VEHICLE DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
Kristin.
Hey.
I'm so sorry.
I-I came by, and Yeah.
No, I heard.
Thank you.
[SNIFFLES.]
Isn't everyone still there? Yeah.
[CHUCKLES.]
Um, my family is Is great.
But But, um But.
So, I-I went for a drive, and, um My car drove me here, so [CHUCKLES.]
[CHUCKLES.]
Well You don't happen to have another one of those, do you? - [LAUGHS.]
- Oh! Yeah! I have I have, uh Yeah.
Thank you.
[SIGHS DEEPLY.]
She was happy.
You know, and I I think it's it's really the most anyone can wish for in life.
Yeah, I hope I'm so lucky.
I'm really glad that you're not just passing through.
Me, too.
[INHALES DEEPLY.]
Oh, wow.
Look at the sunset.
It's beautiful.
It's incredible.
Let me start this meeting by saying Team Kevin is kicking ass.
Yes! [LAUGHS.]
Yvette, while the rest of us were unsure, you were the one who correctly identified our goal.
Okay, wonderful.
Now let's talk about But, Dave, it was your methods, unconventional as they may be, that really got us to achieve those goals.
And that is why you are Team Kevin's Player of the Game.
Whoa.
Whoa.
You must have so many gold stars.
Uh, this is a new thing.
Well, what we need to remember is that we are a great team.
- Hell, yeah.
- [CHUCKLES.]
Uh, Kevin, if If you'll excuse Yvette and I for just a sec? I'm not even gonna try to follow you.
YVETTE: [SIGHS.]
You know what, we'll skip the glasses and drink straight from the tap.
- [CORK POPS.]
- Fore! [CORK SPLASHES.]
Hey, um look, I know this is hard for you.
You've been working your ass off, and all of a sudden, there's a new baby, and he gets a gold star and Oh, I Oh, I don't I don't care about a gold star.
Yeah, no, I-I know.
Yeah, well, you know, but you do.
You do.
You do.
A little bit.
It's a gold star, so [BIRDS SING IN DISTANCE.]
To Team Kevin.
You see, that's what I'm talking about.
With the two of us putting our talents together, we'll guide Kevin to the Righteous in no time.
Yeah, but we don't have that luxury.
- What are you talking about? - You and I both know the clock is ticking on this whole situation.
You want to save this place? We need to act quickly.
[SIGHS.]
You have Talents, Dave Skills I don't have.
Well, this is true.
Trivia night, origami, interpretive dance, sensual massage, welding, drawing circles.
Interpersonal skills.
You have the gift of sales, Dave.
And we need to put those skills to the test.
How so? I have a mission for you.
- Oh, good.
I'm here to guide and protect you.
- Who are you talking to? - She can't see me.
In every generation, there are 36 righteous souls.
The only job you have in life for the foreseeable future is to build up your spiritual powers through acts of kindness and selflessness.
After you've done so, God is gonna show you how to find the other Righteous.
We have to find out where this is.
That's where you'll find the next righteous person.
You've been here this whole time? No, I've been in conference with my colleagues.
They're not really feeling the mission anymore.
We still have a job to do.
Mom! How'd you do that? I Sorr What are you talking about? KEVIN: It all started when I saw the butterflies.
And then I wound up in some lake.
After that came the red masks, and there was mariachi music, too.
Still don't know how that fits in.
One by one, the universe gave us clues Clues that will lead us to our first righteous soul.
- Nice work, right? - Mm.
What? You don't like it? Well, all you did was take the photos and pin them up with yarn.
Y [SIGHS.]
No, this is a murder board.
[SCOFFS.]
What's a murder board? It's what detectives on TV use to to solve crimes and nail perps.
Have you never seen a cop show? I don't watch television.
That mm.
Well, that is just gross.
We have all the pieces.
We just need to see how they all connect.
I can guarantee you they're not connected by yarn, so Okay I know they're not connected by yarn.
The yarn is a metaphoric connection.
Do you know because you are connecting - Sweet murder board.
- Aah! Yvette.
Still as pretty as a damn picture.
Get in here.
[SNIFFS.]
[SNIFFS.]
You got a jumpy one on your hands, huh? So sorry about this, buddy.
I mean, this is a work of art.
Solid yarn work.
Dave, what are you doing here? Dave? You know him? He's one of you?! Oh, yeah.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Big time.
Th-That's That's why I'm here.
I want to join Team Kevin.
- Join? I-I-I don't know - Great! What? It would be nice if we got some fresh eyes on this stuff.
And I like the idea of having my own team.
- Team Kevin forever, right? - [LAUGHS.]
Excuse me.
Quick sidebar.
Well, I want in.
I mean - Okay, we're just gonna - we are Team Kevin, after all.
Where are we? Italia.
Si pravi bellissimo, no? Get those stupid-ass sunglasses off your stupid-ass face.
I have been working nonstop while you've been chilling in Italy? And now you want back in just like that.
You quit on me.
I know.
I was frustrated.
I had to clear my head, so I wandered around.
And after some exposure to Earth [SIGHS.]
I've come to a conclusion.
And what's that? I love it here.
Oh, my Gosh, the scenery, the food, the people.
Yvette, we have to save this place.
I don't know.
Kevin's finally hitting his stride, and adding a new voice to the mix Will only make the harmony sweeter.
Hear me out.
What if I sign on for the short term Just until Kevin anoints the next Righteous? Look, you and I both know that success breeds success.
If we can help Kevin, I'm sure we can get the others to join us.
Can't have a Team Kevin meeting without the Team Kevin capt What the hell? Kevin.
[CLEARS THROAT.]
David will be helping us out for the time being.
I'm gonna help you so hard it's almost gonna become unhelpful.
Ah, that's fantastic.
That is wonderful.
So what are the chances of the universe Granting me the strength of a thousand men? Slim to none.
Okay, because I was coming downstairs, and I just barely grabbed the railing and That! That happened! Super strength.
What if The universe wanted you to go to the hardware store? Renovation blowout.
I love a blowout.
"Save on replacement parts for "stairs, railings, cabinets.
" Pretty obvious, man.
The universe thinks your sister's house is a trash heap.
We got to spruce this place up.
Or we need to go to the hardware store and see what else the universe has to say.
Really? 'Cause this backsplash is painful.
Okay, so you have Reese, a 101-pound girl.
She's on a catwalk 15 1/2 feet in the air.
When she falls, it takes her a hair under a second to hit the ground.
Kevin is 10 to 15 feet away.
The speed at which it would take Kevin to - get into position to catch the salt.
.
- Wait.
Kevin's the pepper, right? It's just from where I was standing, it looked like she was floating.
She was just hanging there, waiting for him to catch her.
It was only for a second, but [SIGHS.]
I don't think I'll ever understand what happened.
Maybe it's ketchup.
Uh, sorry, I-I couldn't help but overhear your dilemma.
Interesting stuff.
Ignacio DePerro, Amy Cabrera.
Iggy's a professor of theology.
What if your salt fell and the pepper was too far away and there was just no way it could make the save, so salt floats because ketchup? Uh, can you explain that? [CHUCKLES.]
No.
No one can.
Yeah.
'Cause ketchup is the unexplained.
Ketchup is wormholes.
Ketchup is meridian lines.
Ketchup is miracles.
Oh.
Okay.
I sound insane to you.
Yeah, a little.
[CHUCKLES.]
I've got to get to class.
It was nice to meet you, Iggy.
I'll see you.
Pass the ketchup.
Stop.
Nail gun.
The universe wants me to buy a nail gun? No.
I do.
Why hammer when you can bust a nail all up in that wood? You make sense.
Go on.
This man has the attention span of a labradoodle.
If you want to help him, help him focus.
She's not wrong.
MAN: Can I get a manager at register six? Manager at register six.
You have other things to take care of real things.
You have made it very clear that that's how you feel.
That's why I said you didn't have to come.
[CART THUDS.]
Kevin? Hey! [CHUCKLES.]
Hey, Mrs.
Allen.
[CHUCKLES.]
Kevin.
It's been a long time.
How are you? I'm well.
Uh, I am good, too, also, as well.
[CHUCKLES.]
You ladies buying some hardware? Yes, Kevin, I am renovating my home.
Oh.
That's exciting.
You know what, I actually I have to make a call.
So, uh - I'll talk to you later, Kevin, okay? - Okay.
I'll be in the car.
Well, back to shopping, I guess.
It was nice to Railings.
That's just what I was looking for.
[INHALES SHARPLY.]
A lot to choose from railings-wise.
[CHUCKLES.]
Oh, actually, here is my guy.
Oh.
Wow, what are the odds? We're looking for the same thing, and it's the last one.
You Are you, uh You fixing your stairs, too? Yes, new railing, new cabinets I'm giving the place a facelift.
I have a bunch of things on my to-do list.
Here you go.
[GRUNTS.]
You don't have to do that.
No, no, no, no.
I actually I do.
Um That That's okay.
Tell me Do you need any help with your to-do list? [NAIL GUN FIRES.]
What was that? DAVE: Kevin! Nail gun! Kevin! Kevin! Um, you said cabinets, and they're over there.
That's just what I was re I was going Just a little hint.
[CHUCKLES.]
That way.
[KNOCK ON DOOR.]
I don't know why you're doing this.
You know this lady hates you, right? Yeah, I'm I am well aware.
Thank you.
He's doing this because it's what the universe wants.
And who are we to ask? But why does she hate you? Is it because of Kristin? She's had it in for me since she was my English teacher.
I mean, dating her daughter didn't help.
- Bingo.
- But - Hi.
- Kevin? What are you doing here? I'm ready to help with your renovations, as as promised.
[CHUCKLES.]
Well, I only agreed to your offer because I didn't believe you'd actually come.
Uh, right.
Well, I am here, and I'm I'm ready to help.
And I don't see any other volunteers.
Thank you.
Oh! Wow.
I-I can't remember the last time I was in this house.
August 12, 1999.
You snuck in and spent the night with Kristin before you went off to college.
That That does ring a bell.
So, why are you really here, Kevin? I hope it's not to win me over, because that ship has sailed.
Ms.
Allen, I don't know if you know this, but Kristin and I hashed our stuff out.
You really have no idea, do you? - Well, I just - 1997.
You vandalized my entire front lawn Windows soaked, toilet paper in the trees, the lawn graffiti! - Uh, that wa That wasn't me.
- Oh, please.
I have it on good authority that it was you.
Who's your good authority? Edward Goodwin.
Well, uh I have breaking news for you.
Eddie Goodwin is the one who trashed your lawn.
[CHUCKLES.]
- Mm-hmm.
- Impossible.
Edward was my best student.
No, Edward was a humongous kiss-ass, but everyone in the school knew he did it.
I mean, he He wouldn't shut up about it.
Ed drove by as I was cleaning up.
They always return to the scene of the crime Serial killers, arsonists Sophomores.
Oh, that duplicitous little worm.
- Mm-hmm.
- I am so sorry, Kevin.
Oh let's just get past it.
Uh, so, where do you want to start? Shall we do stairs or the cabinets? - What do you want? - Th-The cabinets.
Okay.
[GROANS.]
Was Susan always this? Icy? - Mm.
- Rigid? Uptight? Uh, no, she has actually mellowed over time.
- Oof.
- Yeah, it was worse.
But it's gonna be good now, because we've cleared the air, and now Susan will realize how lovable I am.
You just want her to like you so you can get some brownie points with her daughter.
Well, I have no control over that.
Nate's car.
Oh, no! It's game night! Before you say anything, I'm sorry, okay? Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry.
- About what? - About not bringing snacks to game night.
[SIGHS.]
Since when do you bring food home? Well, I don't, and I've decided to start apologizing about it.
- Okay.
Well - I'm not proud of it.
Yeah, no.
But don't worry about it.
And you know what? Don't even worry about game night, - because we can play without you.
- Oh, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
I'm definitely in for game night.
Um I just need to check on the kitchen.
And see if there are drinks in there For me to drink.
Why did you try to talk him out of playing? [CHUCKLES.]
Wait for it.
Huh? How awesome is this? You [WHISPERING.]
You fixed everything.
Ah, just trying to earn my keep here on Team Kevin.
We're not genies, Dave.
Fixing his mess is not our job.
Huh.
Well, that's odd.
I thought our job was to help Kevin.
This is helping.
I mean, he's got enough on his plate without having to fix a bunch of stuff the universe broke.
That is a great point.
Thank you.
That's a good point.
It's a fair point.
Ooh! REESE: Leg three.
- Really? - Yes.
- [IMITATES CLOCK TICKING.]
- Leg three.
Okay, it doesn't have to be a human leg.
- It could be like a leg - Whoa, whoa, excuse me.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
One word.
One number.
No extra info.
Oh, hey, everyone.
Board Game Kevin showed up.
I was wondering when he'd get here.
Hey, look, I don't mind if she gives another clue.
- We're just having fun.
- Thank you.
Oh, no, no, teammate.
Fun is playing correctly.
You can't just throw out all of the rules to make up for giving a terrible clue.
- Ooh! - Okay, now do you see what I mean? This is why he's the worst to play board games with.
Oh, it is awesome playing games with me because I actually remember the rules.
Okay, well, maybe my memory is shot because I am so busy because I'm a single mother trying to raise a teenager and a toddler.
- Oh, I - Hey, man, take it easy on your sister.
It's not her fault she stinks at all games.
- What?! - Ooh! - Both of you! - [LAUGHING.]
What?! [LAUGHS.]
Look, it's your turn.
- Okay, no, it's her turn.
- Now, stop giving all the clues, okay? - You're trying to distract us.
- I'm not distracting anybody.
I'm just having a good time.
SUSAN: Okay, hold it steady.
[LAUGHS.]
You are like a pro.
Kristin's father was useless with tools.
- [BOTH CHUCKLE.]
- Okay, keep pressure on - it until the glue sets.
- [DOOR OPENS.]
Oh.
Hi, sweetie.
- Kevin.
- Hey.
Uh, what are you What are you doing here? Just, uh, helping your mom with some projects.
We, uh We fixed the kitchen cabinets.
You want to see? No, I'm good.
Could you actually just give us a minute? Don't move.
The glue needs 15 minutes to set.
Anything you want to say, you can say in front of Kevin.
So, you told him? [SIGHS.]
I have cancer Pancreatic.
Oh, God, I'm so sorry.
No, don't be sorry.
Just help me finish this house.
I've got a good 8 to 14 months to whip it into shape for Kristin.
I don't want this house, though.
I want you.
So if you want to give me something, just go back into treatment.
The thought of one more doctor's visit The needles, the The being hooked up to machines, the vomiting into plastic bins for what, sweetie? [STAMMERS.]
Uh Another few months of misery? I'm starting on the tile.
Don't move a muscle.
Okay.
Kristin, I am so sorry.
So, my mom's your new project? - Well, I was just trying to help.
- You want to help? Get her to go back into treatment.
[SIGHS.]
I-I'm confused, guys.
Does the universe really want me to make Susan go back into treatment? Absolutely not.
You can't force someone to fight for their life.
Okay, they have to want it.
Are those the rules? Free will is the greatest gift to humans.
Susan's made a choice.
You have to respect it.
So, what, then? Maybe you get Susan and Kristin to reconcile before she passes.
I'm sorry.
I respectfully disagree with my distinguished colleague.
- [ENGINE STARTS.]
- You have a pitch? Well, yes.
Susan only has a limited amount of time on Earth.
I think it's our boy's job to get this lady to savor the life she has left, you know, really just suck the juice out of the marrow, seek out some thrills.
Let me get this straight.
You want him to take a fragile woman of ill health, and what? Talk her into skydiving? Running with the bulls? [SCOFFS.]
Anything that puts an exclamation point on her final sentence.
That is a beautiful sentiment.
And, uh, I'm not doing any of that with a cancer person.
[ENGINE REVVING.]
Uh, gas pedal's stuck.
- Did one of you do this? - Guilty.
Brake! Brake, brake, brake, brake, brake, brake! I'm not comfortable with this.
Yeah, I can see why most people would be worried by it, but, uh, why you, Kevin? - [GRUNTS.]
- [TIRES SCREECH.]
Death! Mechanized death! - [HORN BLARING.]
- Maybe! Today's lesson is math.
Simple equation Fear minus death equals? What? - Thrills.
- Okay.
Thrills, Kevin.
Fear minus death equals thrills.
Now, you know Yvette's never gonna let anything happen to you, so why aren't you enjoying that? I-I-I don't know.
I never thought of that.
Um Then let go of the wheel.
Okay, I let go.
I let go.
Now for the fun part.
Yvette, if you please.
Ohh! - [HORNS BLARING.]
- Oh, yes! Oh! Oh! Oh! Yes! [LAUGHS.]
Oh, wow! Wow! [SIGHS.]
[LAUGHS.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY, CHUCKLING.]
I want to go again.
Do you understand now? Kevin, you and Susan are two very different people - with one thing in common.
- You both care deeply about Kristin.
Neither of you need to worry about the future.
Kevin, thanks to us, your survival is a certainty, just like Susan's death.
And that feeling that you feel right now, huh? - That exhilaration? - Yeah.
Don't you think that Susan deserves to catch a whiff of that while she still can? Whoa.
Coconut water, Nate? Jazzing things up today a little bit, Amber.
Ooh.
Yep.
[REGISTER BEEPING.]
Mm-hmm.
Hmm.
Take one of you.
[HUMMING.]
Hi, Nate.
[CHUCKLES.]
Kevin.
Thank you.
[SIGHS.]
AMBER: Okay.
Oh.
That's quite a snack you got there.
Thanks.
Oh, also, can I get two hot dogs and 16 scratchers, please? - Okay.
- Thank you.
What you got, a banana? That's cute.
- [LAUGHS.]
- Just trying to eat healthy.
Ohh, not me.
I am eating like nobody's watching.
- How you feeling, Kevin? - Hmm, that's a good question.
In a word, I would say, "Whoo!" [HIGH-PITCHED RINGING.]
Keep blowing.
Keep blowing.
Okay, stop.
- [SIGHS.]
- You're not drunk.
No, man.
You ever have a moment when your eyes are just Opened as wide as possible to the ways of the world? What were your eyes opened to? The math of life.
Fear divided by death equals Wait, that's not it.
Uh Okay, we just need to stop wasting time and grab life by its stones, Nate.
Just grab it and squeeze and twist and just see what comes out.
Okay, that's a terrible analogy.
And good luck.
Well, I'm not just talking about myself.
When are you gonna ask Amy out? - What? - Hmm? We're just friends, Kevin.
That's all.
That is not all.
There is so much more there, - and it goes both ways, too.
- No! You think so? Grab, squeeze, and twist, Nate.
Come on, there has to be something that you've always wanted to do - but told yourself you shouldn't.
- Not that - It doesn't even have to be that crazy.
- Not that I can think of.
Honestly, I-I've never been a bucket-list kind of person.
It's so cliché.
It's lame.
Think about this When everything is said and done and you look back, what's one thing where you can smile and say, "I gots mine"? You know? Uh I guess there is something.
Tell me.
Susan Allen, what is it that you want? Vengeance.
[MOTORHEAD'S "ACE OF SPADES" PLAYS.]
Ha! Ohh! [LAUGHS.]
I cannot believe you just did that.
If you like to gamble I'll tell you I'm your man You win some, lose some It's all the same to me I don't share your greed The only card I need is the Ace of Spades The Ace of Spades Tell me again how this is building up the power of your soul.
Good Lord.
Don't be such a square.
This is what Susan wanted.
Besides, it's fun.
Fun can build the soul, right? What do you think? Ohh! You're an artist.
[BOTH LAUGH.]
Oh, thank you so much for this, Kevin.
Oh, that's okay.
No, no.
Until very recently, my life had become Not great.
You helped me let go of all that just for these few minutes.
And I had no idea how badly I needed this until now.
[CHUCKLES.]
You've really made a big difference in my life.
I wanted to make sure you knew that.
I am really glad to hear that.
That is how you build a soul.
[SIGHS.]
- [CHUCKLES.]
- Suck it, Eddie Goodwin! [MUSIC RESUMES.]
- [SCREAMS, LAUGHS.]
- What the hell?! I gots mine! [LAUGHS.]
Is that a penis? Yeah! Yeah, it is! [LAUGHING.]
- Uh, we need to get out of here.
- No.
[LAUGHING CONTINUES.]
- We got to go.
- I'm too tired to run.
Oh, my God.
Okay, leave this to me.
[SQUEALS.]
Professor? No extensions, and no extra credit.
Oh.
[CHUCKLES.]
- Hi.
- I, uh Brought you something.
It's about the intersection of miracles and science.
I'm sorry, but I'm not really interested in, you know, crackpot theories.
Oh.
Uh, it's my book.
I wrote it.
Oh.
Uh, well, books are They're treasures.
I'm just messing with you.
- [LAUGHS.]
- I No, but, the, uh The actual author's quite good, and it cites more than a few cases that mirror your own experience.
Well, my experience wasn't a miracle.
Well, how do you truly know? Because miracles aren't a thing.
They're just events that science hasn't explained yet.
Well, I mean, that's the beauty of a miracle.
It's not about religion.
It's about mystery.
Oh, I hate that.
No, that's literally why I became a scientist.
Okay, so let's do some science, then.
Take me back to where it happened.
We'll take measurements, test every logical explanation, - and if we can't find one - We'll find an example of something that science hasn't explained yet.
Or you'll have begun your slide into the realm of crackpots.
- Not a chance.
- [LAUGHS.]
Okay, but you're on.
I hope you order a grilled cheese better than you play Codenames.
Wait till next time.
We'll switch partners.
I'll take Kevin, and you can take Mom.
Thank you.
I had a really good time with you guys the other night.
Yeah, me, too.
Well, I had such a good time that I started wondering how you would feel if I asked your mother out On a on a date.
Oh.
I know that this is probably a really big step for both of you, and I would never do anything if it made you uncomfortable, so, I don't know, what do you think? So no.
- No? - No.
Thank you.
Oh.
Okay.
Hmm, what I wouldn't give to see Eddie Goodwin's face right about now.
- [LAUGHS.]
- The little bitch.
- [LAUGHS.]
- Susan, you have a terrifying dark side, and I like it.
[LAUGHS.]
Score one for Team Kevin.
High five.
Ahh.
Come on.
Don't leave me hanging.
If we were done here, Kevin would have had a vision.
And there's been no vision yet, [SHOUTING.]
Has there, Kevin? She's right.
We got to turn this party up a notch.
Hook this lady up to some bungee.
[DOOR OPENS.]
What the hell are you doing? Mm! Day drinking with your high-school sweetheart.
Why don't you join us? Did you trash Ed Goodwin's house last night? What? No.
Of course not.
Oh, well, that's that's That's really funny because Ed recently installed a security camera on his front step.
What do you have to say now? Oh my God.
Susan, how could you? Y Eddie Goodwin is a villain and a vandal.
Ed is a respected member of the community, and you burned a penis into his lawn.
He burned boobs into my front lawn.
His kids are in my class.
Boobs! He was gonna call the cops.
I had to tell him you were dying - and hopped up on pain meds.
- Ooh, you played the cancer card.
- Nice! [LAUGHS.]
- Great.
'Kay, you know what? Just Just forget it.
Enjoy your happy hour.
Honey Hey.
Kristin, your mom just wants to live the last year of her life the way she wants to live it, okay? Oh, so she's spending it running around, acting like an idiot with you? Isn't that her choice? - She's my best friend.
- No, I know.
When my dad ran off, she didn't miss a beat.
She She just sacrificed her entire life for us Working for us and and And fighting for us to have the same thing that every other kid had, and what? I don't get to fight for her? I don't What? I'm supposed to just, what? Let her fade away? No, no, no, but you're wasting time Yours and your mom's.
- You need to realize that she - Don't! Don't! [VOICE BREAKING.]
Please don't help me.
Go back outside and enjoy the party, okay? I got to go clean up her mess.
I [SIGHS.]
[DOOR SLAMS.]
You're bumming me out, man.
I could snap my fingers and clean up Eddie Goodwin's lawn myself, and you could go back to what you're supposed to be doing, which is not yard work.
This isn't about yard work, okay? I guess I just got so caught up in helping Susan I totally lost sight of what I might be putting Kristin through.
I agree, Kevin.
So happy with yourself.
KEVIN: Hey, Nate.
Uh, Amy is not home.
Not here to talk to Amy.
I'm here for you.
Dude, you set me up.
Wait, did Amy turn you down? No, I didn't ask her.
- I talked to Reese.
- [SCOFFS.]
- Why would you talk to Reese? - I couldn't just ask Amy out.
I had to make sure Reese was okay with it.
Oh, my God! You are such a nice guy.
[SCOFFS.]
Seriously.
You would be, like, the perfect boyfriend.
- I don't know why I listen to you.
- No, I Because, look, I-I'll talk to Reese, okay? Because there's got to be another explanation.
You doing some landscaping? Nope.
[SIGHS.]
[VEHICLE APPROACHING.]
[ENGINE TURNS OFF.]
Hey.
Hey, you don't have to do this.
I've got a-a ladder.
Let me help.
Yeah, yeah.
No, thank you 'Cause I've already seen what your help looks like, so Uh Oh, there's Eddie.
Hey, Eddie.
Just gonna stand there and watch us.
That's cool.
Are you sure you don't want some help? I mean, some of it's pretty high up.
I think that is the last of it.
I wish you'd told me your mom was sick.
Why? Well because, I don't know, that It's a lot to deal with by yourself.
[INHALES THROUGH TEETH.]
Yeah, uh, I-I guess I-I-I just thought that I would convince her to go back into treatment.
And, uh Talking about it just kind of makes everything seem inevitable.
Plus, I didn't know how long you'd be sticking around, so Yeah, uh That makes sense.
Look, I know that I seem really selfish, and, um and I-I You know, I understand why she wants to stop, because the chemo, like, it really it's [VOICE BREAKING.]
It is worse than the illness.
And it was never gonna be a cure, you know? It was just, uh It was just a delay.
But, yeah, um You know, more I just More than that, I want her to be happy.
So, you know.
Could I Could I see that security video again? - Uh - Just Sure.
Yeah.
[CHUCKLES.]
- I mean, she looks pretty happy to me.
- [LAUGHS.]
Yeah, she does.
[BOTH LAUGH.]
[DOOR CLOSES.]
Is there enough for two? - I'm not up for a fight today.
- Me, neither.
Thank you.
I'm sorry if I embarrassed you.
Actually, uh You impressed me.
The way you took out Eddie's mailbox [EXHALES SHARPLY.]
You got a beautiful swing.
[CHUCKLES.]
It's all in the hips.
[LAUGHS.]
You know, I, um I always thought you could take that wall out, just open this room up.
Yeah, you're right.
Better flow.
And if the sun starts setting, the sky won't fall Even if the clouds get heavy and start to fall I really need somebody to call my own I wanna be somebody to someone Someone to you [BOTH LAUGH.]
Someone to you Wait, that wasn't a load-bearing wall, was it? Your problem.
Not mine.
Someone to you Someone to you [INSECTS CHIRPING.]
[MUSIC PLAYING THROUGH HEADPHONES.]
[KEYBOARD CLACKING.]
Hey.
Hey.
How are you? Fine.
Cool.
Um Did you Want something? No.
You know, I-I [SIGHS.]
I was just thinking about It's probably really weird for you to think about your mom having, like, a personal life.
Feelings and wanting to date.
[CHUCKLES.]
Nate talked to you.
I thought that you liked him.
I do like him.
He's cool.
It's her.
She's not ready.
She'd wreck it.
I See, I don't I don't know if that's true, Reese.
You know her, Kevin.
Can you imagine her dating anybody? She'd just, like, talk the whole time and say stupid stuff.
She can't help it.
Wow, you might be right, actually.
[CHUCKLES.]
I am right.
So, you're, like, pretty smart, aren't you? Shut up.
Because, I mean, I look at you, and you seem dumb, like, really not intelligent.
Just, like, there's nothing going on.
Just a vacant stare, but actually, deep down somewhere, there's, like, some thoughts being rubbed togeth Okay.
Have a good night.
Dave suggested I take Susan streaking, but - [SCOFFS.]
- No way.
- No normal person wants to do that.
- I know! And I just don't have the cardio in me - to do that kind of running.
- Kevin Huh? Oh, hi.
Is, uh Wait, S Sean! It's, uh It's Kevin Finn.
I-I, um I was actually looking for your mom.
Hey, Kevin.
I'm sorry.
Mom passed away last night.
I I thought She said she could have more than a year.
I know.
It was in her sleep.
You know, peaceful.
Kristin's here.
Why don't you come inside? Um No.
Uh no.
Than Thank you.
No, I don't want to intrude.
Um I'm so sorry, Sean.
Yeah.
0.
79 seconds.
Does the health department know how you're using - their first-aid dummy? - [CHUCKLES.]
Oh, wait, wait, wait, wait, hold on.
Hold on.
Don't come down.
I-I want to just measure your distance.
Close your eyes 'cause it's a laser.
[BEEP.]
So, what do you hope to get from all these measurements? - [DEVICE BEEPS.]
- Insight.
Yeah, but you lose possibility.
As long as you don't know, anything's possible.
Can I open my eyes? No.
- What, are you messing with me? - [LAUGHS.]
Yes.
Well, if it makes you feel any better, I-I don't think there's anything that'll ever explain what happened.
Good! Great! Now that's an interesting world to live in.
No, not great.
Annoying.
Frustrating.
Look at you.
You're energized.
You're You're motivated.
Why? Because not knowing isn't comforting, but it's exciting.
Like going up a roller coaster or standing in front of a smart Intriguing engineering professor, wanting to ask her out, but not really knowing how she'd respond.
It's all neck chills and stomach butterflies.
Yes.
What? Well, um Not to remove any possibilities, but, um, if you were to ask me out, I would I would say "Yes.
" Your boss Is a jerk.
A lovely and decent woman dies, leaving another wonderful woman devastated.
[SCOFFS.]
You're preaching to the choir.
All I want is Is an explanation, okay? I don't think that that is too much to ask for.
Yeah, I wish I could give you one.
But I have my theory.
I think, uh, God just wants all of us to stay occupied.
"Stay occupied"? Sure.
You know, I mean, the busier we are doing stuff, the less questions we ask.
"Why are we here?" "What are God's plans?" You know, in the short time that I've been in this place, I've, uh I've realized something.
I don't think there is a plan.
[VEHICLE DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
Kristin.
Hey.
I'm so sorry.
I-I came by, and Yeah.
No, I heard.
Thank you.
[SNIFFLES.]
Isn't everyone still there? Yeah.
[CHUCKLES.]
Um, my family is Is great.
But But, um But.
So, I-I went for a drive, and, um My car drove me here, so [CHUCKLES.]
[CHUCKLES.]
Well You don't happen to have another one of those, do you? - [LAUGHS.]
- Oh! Yeah! I have I have, uh Yeah.
Thank you.
[SIGHS DEEPLY.]
She was happy.
You know, and I I think it's it's really the most anyone can wish for in life.
Yeah, I hope I'm so lucky.
I'm really glad that you're not just passing through.
Me, too.
[INHALES DEEPLY.]
Oh, wow.
Look at the sunset.
It's beautiful.
It's incredible.
Let me start this meeting by saying Team Kevin is kicking ass.
Yes! [LAUGHS.]
Yvette, while the rest of us were unsure, you were the one who correctly identified our goal.
Okay, wonderful.
Now let's talk about But, Dave, it was your methods, unconventional as they may be, that really got us to achieve those goals.
And that is why you are Team Kevin's Player of the Game.
Whoa.
Whoa.
You must have so many gold stars.
Uh, this is a new thing.
Well, what we need to remember is that we are a great team.
- Hell, yeah.
- [CHUCKLES.]
Uh, Kevin, if If you'll excuse Yvette and I for just a sec? I'm not even gonna try to follow you.
YVETTE: [SIGHS.]
You know what, we'll skip the glasses and drink straight from the tap.
- [CORK POPS.]
- Fore! [CORK SPLASHES.]
Hey, um look, I know this is hard for you.
You've been working your ass off, and all of a sudden, there's a new baby, and he gets a gold star and Oh, I Oh, I don't I don't care about a gold star.
Yeah, no, I-I know.
Yeah, well, you know, but you do.
You do.
You do.
A little bit.
It's a gold star, so [BIRDS SING IN DISTANCE.]
To Team Kevin.
You see, that's what I'm talking about.
With the two of us putting our talents together, we'll guide Kevin to the Righteous in no time.
Yeah, but we don't have that luxury.
- What are you talking about? - You and I both know the clock is ticking on this whole situation.
You want to save this place? We need to act quickly.
[SIGHS.]
You have Talents, Dave Skills I don't have.
Well, this is true.
Trivia night, origami, interpretive dance, sensual massage, welding, drawing circles.
Interpersonal skills.
You have the gift of sales, Dave.
And we need to put those skills to the test.
How so? I have a mission for you.